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Guidance Document Change: Board of Medicine guidance on conversion therapy
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12/6/19  4:27 am
Commenter: Lucy M

Ban Conversion Therapy
 

Conversion Therapy is evil. It is bigoted religious nonsense that is harmful both physically and emotionally to anyone who has been subjected to it. No medical professional would ever support it, especially not anyone familiar with LGBTQIA+ issues. You cannot "pray away the gay" as there is absolutely NOTHING wrong or immoral about being gay. Conversion Therapy sounds like something the Nazis or the KKK would do to others. Is that what Virginians want to be remembered as? Neo-Nazi Fascists? As a Native Virginian, I am overwhelmingly disappointed that so many people are voting to keep this sort of psychological torture in place and are willing to subject children to it, some of them would subject THEIR OWN CHILDREN to it! And not only would it fail to accomplish anything positive, it will assuredly make anyone subjected to it absolutely hate and resent those that forced them to undertake such a backward and barbaric practice. Shame on everyone wanting to keep Conversion Therapy around. You are on the wrong side of History, and God will judge you for this. Your children will judge you for this. All decent people will judge you for this. Again, Conversion Therapy is NOT therapy, it is EVIL, and anyone who wishes it to exist is an evil backward-thinking fascist Nazi POS.

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